It includes the Caddo Nation Heritage Museum, which opened in 2001.īinger is located in northeast Caddo County in the valley of Sugar Creek, a tributary of the Washita River, part of the Red River watershed. The Caddo Nation headquarters complex is located in Binger. Census, the peak population was 849 in 1930, then dropped to 840 in 1940, and continuing to decline to 603 in 1960. The population was 257 at the time of statehood in 1907, and increased to 280 in 1910. Cross Lumber Company and the Deer Head Saloon. Other early businesses included:the Newell Department Store, the First State Bank of Binger, the Binger Hotel, the L. The Binger Journal, a weekly newspaper, began publication in 1902. This railway was purchased by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway in 1903, and was abandoned in 1939. The Enid and Anadarko Railway constructed a line from Bridgeport to Anadarko via Binger in 1901-2. īinger's early economy was based on agriculture in the surrounding area, and whose principal crops were peanuts and cotton. A post office named Binger opened in November, 1901. It was named for Binger Hermann, then Commissioner of the U.

History īinger was established immediately after the opening of the Wichita-Caddo Reservation in August 1901, and organized by the Washita Valley Townsite Company. It is the headquarters of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, who were settled in the area during the 1870s. The population was 672 at the 2010 census. Binger / ˈ b ɪ ŋ ɡ ər/ is a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States.

Oklahoma notable people